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Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Where to go in Jakarta:
Where to go in Jakarta:Music * Borobudur Inter-Continental, Jl. Lapangan Banteng Selatan, Central Jakarta: - Kintamani Pavilion: Traditional Dances & Songs Friday, Italian Night Wednesday, all from 7 p.m.. - Pendopo Tea Lounge: Monika Rosca, pianist from Poland, daily 4 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Protests over Arief's dismissal continue
Protests over Arief's dismissal continue SALATIGA, Central Java (JP): Four days later, students protesting last week's dismissal of lecturer Arief Budiman continued to demonstrate at Satya Wacana Christian University yesterday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Malaysia says report on warship deal speculative
Malaysia says report on warship deal speculative KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's defense minister has dismissed a news report which suggested Kuala Lumpur might use a proposed warship contract as a trade weapon against Canberra.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Greening movement
Greening movementFrom NeracaWhen the greening movement was intensified, the community placed potted trees at the sides of almost every road in the city. But it seems these hard efforts were all for nothing because most of the trees are dying out, and it has not been that long since they were...
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Water supply interrupted
Water supply interrupted The city-owned water company PAM Jaya temporarily stops the supply of water in a number of areas throughout the city for two days from yesterday.Eben Koesbini T., technical director of the company, said on Wednesday that the temporary stoppage takes place while the firm...
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
RP economy recovers
RP economy recovers MANILA (AFP): The Philippine economy has shown strong signs of recovery but faces new threats from inflation and a growing trade gap, a report submitted to an Asian Development Bank (ADB) conference here yesterday said.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Transmigrants successful in Timor
Transmigrants successful in Timor JAKARTA (JP): Most people resettled in East Timor under the state-sponsored transmigration program are able to improve their living standards."Most of the transmigrants in 11 relocation areas are more prosperous than they were in their homes of origin," Head of the...
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Two schooners captured for illegally hauling lumber
Two schooners captured for illegally hauling lumber JAKARTA (JP): The City Police Coast Guard (Satpol Air) has captured two schooners, one illegally loaded with over 400 cubic meters of lumber from Sumatra and another small boat packed with ceramic vases smuggled from Singapore.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Solution still far on Spratlys
Solution still far on Spratlys BUKITTINGGI, West Sumatra (JP): An end to the decades-long disputes over the Spratly and Paracel Islands in the South China Sea remains a remote hope requiring great patience and effort to bring about.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Canada vows to boost investment
Canada vows to boost investment JAKARTA (JP): Canada plans to boost investment in Indonesia to US$5 billion in the coming three years as of this month, Ambassador Lawrence T. Dickenson said yesterday."We are planning to increase our investment, especially in the mining and energy sectors, in the...
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Bank teller serves clients with smile
Bank teller serves clients with smileBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): She spends a great deal of her time counting other people's money.No wonder she does. She is a bank teller."In the beginning I was nervous. I was afraid I might not count the money correctly," Meli, 26, said.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Councilor defends condo developer
Councilor defends condo developer JAKARTA (JP): The City Council says the developer of Sudirman Tower Condominium, PT Kredosindo Perkasa, in Central Jakarta, is not tearing down a school owned by the city.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
IPTN stops making NC-212-200 planes
IPTN stops making NC-212-200 planes BANDUNG, East Java: The state-owned aircraft industry, IPTN, will stop building NC-212-200 planes under the license of Spanish aircraft builder, Casa."The policy aims at making IPTN more independent in marketing its own products," said IPTN's fixed wing division...
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Soerjono appointed new chief justice
Soerjono appointed new chief justice JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto has selected Soerjono to replace Chief Justice Poerwoto S. Gandasubrata, who will soon go into retirement.Minister/State Secretary Moerdiono announced here yesterday that the President signed Soerjono's appointment on Monday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Oil supply crunch seen for Asia due to rising energy demands
Oil supply crunch seen for Asia due to rising energy demands MANILA (AFP): Asia's insatiable energy demands could put pressure on oil supply in the region, senior southeast Asian petroleum executives said here yesterday, although Brunei predicted that prices were likely to remain soft.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Soeharto asks youths to sponsor reforms
Soeharto asks youths to sponsor reforms JAKARTA (JP): President Soeharto asked Indonesian youths yesterday to sponsor reforms for the nation building program.The President said the youths should realize that the nation needs progressive reforms.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Failure in free trade scheduling could be serious
Failure in free trade scheduling could be serious JAKARTA (JP): Failure to adopt a timetable for trade liberation among Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members during their leaders' meeting in Bogor next month would be a severe, but not lethal, setback to the forum.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Stocks broadly higher in Asia and Europe
Stocks broadly higher in Asia and Europe HONG KONG (Reuter): Southeast Asian stock markets closed broadly higher yesterday, including a strong surge on the Kuala Lumpur market, despite late selling due to disappointment over Malaysia's 1995 budget.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Sprint rally final at Serpong
Sprint rally final at Serpong Jakarta (JP): Leading Indonesian sprint rally drivers, Gerry Rusanto and Dandy Rukmana, will compete in the fourth and final round of the Mesran Prima Sprint Rally, Nov. 6, on the Bumi Serpong Damai track, a housing complex in Tangerang, West Java, said the rally's...
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Seminar on small-scale biz
Seminar on small-scale biz The office of the Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer foundation will hold a seminar on small-scale business here on Monday.The one-day seminar, entitled "Coordinating Policy on Small- Scale Business Development," will be...
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
A matter of intent
A matter of intent The statement given by the chairman of the Jakarta State Administrative Court, HB Mangkudilaga, to the effect that many government officials are still reluctant to obey the Court's decisions seems disturbing enough to warrant discussion.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Garuda Indonesia carried 2.73m passengers in first semester
Garuda Indonesia carried 2.73m passengers in first semester JAKARTA (JP): The national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia announced yesterday its aircraft transported 2.73 million passengers and 68.77 million kilograms of cargo during the first six months of this year.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
12 killed in Lamongan train crash
12 killed in Lamongan train crash JAKARTA (JP): Twelve people were killed and three others seriously injured when an express train plying the Jakarta- Surabaya route slammed into a public transit minibus at the railway crossing on Jl.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Plant sellers
Plant sellers I would like to refer to your article titled Plant sellers protest expulsion plan, Oct. 28, 1994, on page three. The article is quite biased and only gives the point of view of the 85 plant sellers.May I express my opinion about the proposed storm water drains (gutters) along Jl. T.B.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Farmers the most defenseless in forest fires
Farmers the most defenseless in forest firesBy Pandaya TANI BAKTI VILLAGE, East Kalimantan: Life is harsh for Appe Said, his wife and three children even though they have spent almost four years in this "promise land.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
RP senate approves extradition treaty
RP senate approves extradition treaty MANILA (AFP): The Philippine senate yesterday ratified an extradition treaty with South Korea, officials said.The treaty, drafted in May of 1993, adopts the principle of "dual criminality," making someone who commits a crime in one nation subject to extradition...
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
KL to withdraw its troops
KL to withdraw its troops KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia will withdraw its peacekeepers from Somalia at the end of the United Nations mandate in March, Defense Minister Najib Razak said yesterday."We tried our best to be helpful in Somalia.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Traffic in Bogor
Traffic in Bogor During my 15 months of residence in this wonderful land I really thought I had seen it all! That was, of course, until last week when I experienced, with disbelief, major changes occurring in Bogor due to the commencement of the APEC meetings at the Bogor Palace.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Japan and Australia on 'same wavelength'
Japan and Australia on 'same wavelength' TOKYO (AFP): Australia and Japan were "very much on the same wavelength" in seeking a positive outcome to next month's summit of APEC leaders in Indonesia, Australia's Foreign Minister Gareth Evans said yesterday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
KL power demands surge
KL power demands surge KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysia's power requirements are expected to surge by a sharp 72 percent by 2000 if its economic boom does not let up, a government economic report said yesterday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
ADB grant for Indonesia
ADB grant for Indonesia MANILA (AFP): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said here it had approved a 900,000 dollar technical assistance grant to Indonesia to assist a flood control project in Java.The grant will go into developing a long-term flood control and management plan for Java and...
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Fraud in decoration contest
Fraud in decoration contest The assistant to the City Secretary, Bambang Sungkono, urged the organizing committee of the Gateway Decoration Competition 1994 (JAKPRO) to clarify the confusion caused in the presentation of prize money.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange JAKARTA (JP): Trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) weakened yesterday, with most big and popular shares losing ground.The JSX Composite Index declined by 1.5 points to close the week at 516.40 yesterday against 517.85 on the previous day. The index gained at total of 1.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
S. Korean Park upsets top seeded in Women's Challenger tourney
S. Korean Park upsets top seeded in Women's Challenger tourney JAKARTA (JP): Japan's Yone Kamio swallowed another bitter pill at the US$50,000 Women's Challenger tennis championships when she crashed to South Korea's Park Sung-hee in their quarterfinal match yesterday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Workshop sets out framework
Workshop sets out framework BUKITTINGGI, West Sumatra (JP): The participants of the fifth South China Sea workshop have set up a Technical Working Group on Legal Matters in an apparent effort to avoid discussing sensitive territorial and sovereignty claims.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Demand for middle class apartments still high
Demand for middle class apartments still high JAKARTA (JP): Prospects in Indonesia's middle class apartment business are projected to remain bright over the next two to three years due to the rising number of young married couples, a property consulting firm executive said yesterday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Negotiation on $34b gas liquefaction in Natuna finalized
Negotiation on $34b gas liquefaction in Natuna finalized JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Research and Technology B.J. Habibie said yesterday the government has finalized lengthy negotiations with Esso Natuna Inc. of the United States on a US$34 billion natural gas liquefaction project in Natuna.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Popular high school opens new facilities
Popular high school opens new facilities JAKARTA (JP): Canisius College, a senior and junior high school on Jl. Menteng Raya in Central Jakarta, today opened a new four-story building.Harijanto S.J., the secretary of Yayasan Budi Siswa, the owner of the college, told The Jakarta Post yesterday that...
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Hayono for govt policy on business development
Hayono for govt policy on business development JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Hayono Isman says those who criticize President Soeharto for being too generous and helpful to the country's magnates of Chinese descent, should look back to the period of economic breakdown that...
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
$2.8m set aside for AIDS projects
$2.8m set aside for AIDS projects BANGKOK (AFP): The Thai government has approved a budget of 70 million baht (US$2.8 million) to help private organizations combat AIDS here next year, a news report said yesterday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Two AIDS sufferers die in Merauke
Two AIDS sufferers die in Merauke JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Two residents of Merauke known to have contracted AIDS died early this month, the head of the provincial office of the health ministry said here yesterday.
Sat, 29 Oct 1994
Police officer accused of raping
Police officer accused of raping A female resident of Rawa Lumbu complex, Bekasi, has filed a report accusing a police officer of raping her in Cijantung, East Jakarta, earlier this month.The female resident, NS, said that the officer, identified as LN, raped her in his brother's house.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Keating prefers dialog path to rights solution
Keating prefers dialog path to rights solution JAKARTA (JP): Australia will not adopt a foreign policy of shunning its neighbors in an effort to advance human rights in the region, but will follow a path of dialog and confidence building.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
'Real Thing' kicks off music tour
'Real Thing' kicks off music tour JAKARTA (JP): American pop music group The Real Thing embarked on its two-week musical tour in Jakarta yesterday and will later move on to play other big cities throughout Indonesia.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Prosecutors seek four years for labor activist Pakpahan
Prosecutors seek four years for labor activist Pakpahan MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Prosecutors demanded yesterday that labor activist Muchtar Pakpahan be sentenced to four years in prison for inciting a violent labor demonstration which left one businessman dead in April.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Rp 2.2b sought to rebuild school
Rp 2.2b sought to rebuild school YOGYAKARTA: Gadjahmada University is seeking Rp 2.2 billion (approximately US$1 million) from the government to rebuild its three-story building that caught fire earlier this month.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Future regents from ABRI must be brigadier general
Future regents from ABRI must be brigadier general JAKARTA (JP): Military officers who assume the position of regional administration leaders should at least be a brigadier general, Minister of Administrative Reforms T.B. Silalahi said yesterday.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Indonesia vows to hike pulp and paper production
Indonesia vows to hike pulp and paper production JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia plans to hike the annual production capacity of pulp by 200 percent to 3.9 million tons and paper production by 10.2 percent to 4.3 million tons in the coming five years, an official says.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Local equipment suppliers cause power inefficiency
Local equipment suppliers cause power inefficiency JAKARTA (JP): The erratic supply of domestic equipment and engineering services forces the state electricity company, PT PLN, to spend huge amounts to import the goods necessary for its projects.
Fri, 28 Oct 1994
Indonesia rejects conditions on GSP
Indonesia rejects conditions on GSP JAKARTA (JP): Coordinating Minister for Economy and Finance Saleh Afiff yesterday challenged the United States over the possible termination of its Generalized System of Preferences to Indonesia in their continued efforts to tie trading privileges to labor issues.